carry weight with (someone or something)
carry weight with (someone or something)
To wield importance or influence with someone or something. Due to your status, your remarks carry weight with the public, so I encourage you to speak out on this issue—people might finally start taking it seriously. Without research to support these claims, I'm afraid they won't carry weight with anyone.
See also: carry, weight
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- carry (an amount of) weight
- carry an amount of weight
- carry weight
- throw (one's) weight behind (someone or something)
- throw your weight behind someone
- throw your weight behind something
- campaign for
- campaign for (someone or something)
- campaign against
- campaign against (someone or something)